Traditions
77 cultural traditions of origin, rolled up into 15 families. ★ marks a creature's primary tradition.
african
- African folklore (general) ×6
- Egyptian mythology ×5
- South African folklore ×4
- Tongan/Tonga (Zambezi) folklore ×1
- Malagasy folklore ×1
celtic
- Scottish folklore ×7
- Irish folklore ×6
- Welsh folklore ×5
- Breton folklore ×1
- Manx folklore ×1
- Celtic mythology (general) ×1
east-asian
- Japanese folklore ×51
- Chinese mythology ×15
- Korean mythology ×3
- Mongolian folklore ×2
- East Asian folklore (general) ×2
european
- Greek mythology ×29
- European folklore (general) ×19
- English folklore ×10
- French folklore ×7
- Basque folklore ×4
- Roman mythology ×3
- Finnish folklore ×3
- Alpine folklore ×2
- Valle Camonica folklore ×1
- Dutch folklore ×1
- Bavarian folklore ×1
- Frankish/Medieval European mythology ×1
- Swiss folklore ×1
mesoamerican
middle-eastern
- Mesopotamian mythology ×11
- Persian mythology ×10
- Arabian folklore ×9
- Islamic mythology ×7
- Middle Eastern folklore (general) ×2
- Biblical folklore ×2
- Jewish folklore ×1
modern-cryptid
norse-germanic
- Norse mythology ×19
- Germanic folklore ×2
- Danish folklore ×1
north-american-indigenous
- Native American folklore ×13
- Inuit mythology ×4
- Pueblo folklore ×1
- Zuni folklore ×1
- Algonquian folklore ×1
oceanian
- Australian Aboriginal folklore ×6
- Maori mythology ×2
- Melanesian mythology ×1
- Solomon Islands folklore ×1
- Native Hawaiian folklore ×1
other
- American folklore ×11
- Caribbean folklore ×5
- Turkic mythology ×2
- Yakut folklore ×1
- Canadian folklore ×1
- Baltic folklore ×1
- Romani folklore ×1
slavic
- Slavic folklore ×12
south-american
- Brazilian folklore ×6
- South American folklore (general) ×4
- Mapuche mythology ×3
- Guarani mythology ×3
- Chilean folklore ×3
- Chilote folklore ×2
- Quechua mythology ×2
- Colombian folklore ×1